A day earlier, CNN had hired Hennessy to cover the Supreme Court.
"Sketches are also common in courtroom trials".
By not replacing Dubke, Trump has telegraphed his preference to be his own communicator-in-chief and amplified that preference by constantly second-guessing Sean Spicer, his hapless press secretary. Considering it a service to journalism and an open press or whatever, CNN is letting other news agencies use the sketches, so here it is. Half of Americans said coverage of Trump and Russian Federation has been irresponsible or overdramatized; 46 percent characterized coverage as either responsible too restrained.
That said, the White House press briefings have drawn an unusual amount of attention under the Trump administration, so much so that Spicer himself has become a regular target of parody on Saturday Night Live. Since cameras are not permitted inside the White House Press room, they chose to cover the briefing in the same way as they would a court case in which cameras are forbidden.
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Meanwhile, the knives seem to be out for Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi , who was demonised by the GOP side in the Georgia race. The lawmakers declined to tell reporters what they had discussed, but said it was an initial meeting and that more may follow.
There is little trust these days between the White House news media and the Trump communications office, which has exacerbated tension above the usual jockeying for access.
While many within the media feel that the Trump Administration is squashing their First Amendment rights by prohibiting recording devices of any kind in the White House Press room, CNN seems to have found a way to get around this new rule.
Whether these factors contributed to the White House's decision to pull Spicer away from the cameras is unclear. "I don't think that the be all and end all is whether it's on television or not".
"We are not satisfied with the current state-of-play, and we will work hard to change it", said the association's president, Jeff Mason.
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